Chief Information Officer
| Salary: | £90,000 + | Location: | London |
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Based Central London
Salary to c£130,000 + bonus + options
This Finance sector company offers a range of services including fund management and Venture Capital and have c£2bn under management. They are successful and growing fast leading them to require a CIO to maximise the effective use of IT and information across the businesses.
Responsibilities
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Work with the senior leadership team to ensure the businesses needs are understood and translated into a well communicated and practical IT strategy
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Create a medium term strategy to ensure IT delivers effectively against the overall business plan
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Build and manage strong relationships with key business stakeholders
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Lead and manage an IT group that includes analysts, developers and support staff ensuring day to day reliability and service delivery
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Negotiate with and manage supplier relationships
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Manage the IT budget
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Be close to key decisions regarding architecture and technology selection and hands-on in leading strategic programmes.
Candidate Profile
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Very strong stakeholder management skills
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Held responsibility for strategy development and IT operational delivery
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Strong people management skills
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Highly educated with a degree or better from a leading academic institution
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Previous experience of managing an IT operation within the Finance industry
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Strong Finance Industry business knowledge and able to understand finance processes and regulatory requirements
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Must have experience of managing IT development, business analysis, project delivery and BAU activities
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Good commercial understanding with proven skills at negotiating and managing outsourced agreements
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The role would be particularly suitable for a fast track candidate who has ambitions to take the next step up in their career
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The successful candidate will have a very professional and polished manner combined with exceptional communication and leadership skills
You must be a UK / EU National or already be resident in the UK with a current Work Permit.
Qualifying Questions
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Have you lead IT teams of c30 staff?
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Have you experience of managing IT development/architecture, project management and support teams?
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Have you managed outsourced relationships?
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Have you lead an IT group in the Finance industry as an IT Director, CIO or deputy to this level?
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Are you a UK/EU national or currently resident in the UK and have the right to employment here?
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